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Write about a character who’s obsessed with an era they never lived through.

Posted in Adults on Oct 26, 2022

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“My Victorian Suitor” by Jade Stanford

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From inkwells to markers, petticoats to miniskirts, and rogue to chapstick, I'm rudely yanked back into the present. Someone belches behind me, and the smell of his lunch is so pungent I plug my nose. I'd much rather be in a lush parlor wrinkling my nose at the distaste of a tobacco pipe. At least there, I would be surrounded by gentlemen. "Heads up!" I duck on instinct, but the projectile doesn't fly anywhere near me. It—whatever ‘it’ is—ends up stuck on the back of someone's chair. The boy who threw it roars with laughter. He sees the gl...

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“HANDKERCHIEF” by DYUTI BISWAS

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Professor Tripathi wolfed down his meal as he sat all alone in the college canteen of Delhi University, at times shifting his eyes to a fat book with crisp yellowing pages. A simple kurta pajama which he wore was now stained with the spicy red chutney of the vada he ate. Though he and his white kurta were in a mess but the book he was reading lay unharmed as he carefully turned the page with his left unused hand. Not a speck nor a spot. He stood contrast to his own personalities. Organised but unorganised, meticulous yet careless this man co...

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“Cottage and Tea” by Letitia Reynolds

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Cottage and Tea Clementine Hopkins is a 32-year-old Human Resources Director who is somewhat introverted. Although Clementine lives in the present, she is captivated by The Victorian Era.  She loves the clothing, vocabulary, furniture, old books, right down to the mannerisms.  Her love for Victorian style, vintage, and antique things are unquestionable. Clementine is particularly interested in The Victorian Era, the period that matches the reign of England’s Queen Victoria from 1837-1901.  Now that Clementine ...

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“Russian fairy tale” by Katttie Smith

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The girl sang in the Church choir. Her voice lulled and soothed everyone present. The Church was filled with a dope of sweet sadness and longing. The audience seems to have been transported from the 21st century to many years or even centuries ago. It seemed that in a little while the doors would swing open to admit the distinguished ladies in fur coats and their gentlemen. But as the minutes passed, as if in a haze, vague images of events that had not occurred flew by, and still there were no ladies. And the disappointment of this burned th...

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“Windows” by Hope Brewster

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Hope Brewster Short Story Contest 01 October 2020 Windows The cars raced by my window once more and the sounds of their horns blaring continued to condemn me. I looked out my window to pinpoint the exact car that was causing my distress and send my hatred toward it personally. If only I could have been born when cars were seen as a waste of money. The convenience did not outweigh the annoyance that continues throughout the night. There would have been a much easier era for my survival and personality. Maybe sometime in the seventeen hundred...

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“Forty Days and Forty Nights” by Leon Moss

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It’s years since a friend dragged me along to his Bible class. I didn’t want to go; we were in the middle of a tough game of marbles and I was winning. My family had no connection to religion of any sort. But his family was deeply immersed in every aspect of God, the Bible, the church and all its teachings. The lecture that day was about a character called Noah, a flood, and the upending of the world. I was terrified. The teacher laid it on thick. “Behave yourselves or else God will open the taps again and you know what will happen then!” I ...

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“The Wanting of Victorian Era” by Samantha Garcia

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I looked through Pinterest, trying to find inspiration for my soon to be new outfit. I sighed as I saw an 1890's or Victorian era dress. The look of the dresses looked so beautiful. The dresses looked casual, but formal at the same time. Even how slim the women’s body looked because of the corset. Some of them wouldn’t be dresses, but a high waisted skirt that almost touches the ground with a simple colored long sleeve shirt that would be paired with a jacket and other accessories. The ball gowns were to die for. How the hoop crinoline would...

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“Tribe life” by Mahnoor Fatima

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TRIBE LIFE           I wish I could live in a tribe. All people wandering around. Everyone friendly. Most of all I also want to be a tribe leader. Now a days, it’s just technology but nothing else.Even though people think that it would be good for us when the technology evolves. Well…I think differently. Even if it will make our lives easier, it will also take us and our bodies into danger. A tribe life is what is ideal for me. Lush green forests, Tents, Hunting and many others. You have to...

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“Almost Ever After” by Monique Abao

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I. I have never hated blue skies as much as on that very day.     The entire ride was as smooth as sandpaper and it was thanks to the rock-infested road. My arms felt like threads on the verge of breaking as my tiny hands struggled to get a firm grip of the grab handle with my right and of the grey porcelain urn secured between mg thighs, with my left. It had been ages since I've left the airport and I silently prayed for this trip to end. The bitterness of bile was suddenly tasted in my tongue. Through gritted tee...

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“The Mesozoic era ” by Kailynn Henshall-Bodmer

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Narrators POV: Ellie Khan is a six year old child who is obsessed with the dinosaur and caveman era, which you may call the Mesozoic era. Her mum asked her what she wanted for her birthday. "A dinosaur play set!" She gets ridiculously excited about dinosaurs. "Anything else dear," Her father asks. "A caveman set?" She asks. Her mum and dad look at eachother. Erin and Sadiq Khan are worried that Ellie will never get over this topic. Last weekend when the family had a movie night, they asked Ellie what she wanted to watch. "The Good...

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“Indian Girl” by Felicity Edwards

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Bracelets chinking, Shirleen popped a slice of bread into the toaster. “Mum, why do we still have this kind of bread? Couldn’t we make some chapattis?” Bronwyn looked at her daughter as if she had just fallen out of the sky. With a puzzled frown, she said, “Shirleen, I don’t mind if you want to make chapattis, but we are a normal English family living in Dorset. Why would we be making chapattis instead of bread for toast?” She had to admit her daughter dressed more like an Indian girl every day. From the moment she got back from school, the ...

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“Women in Different Times” by Judith Buskohl

Submitted to Contest #61

Jane sat at her desk wondering how to go about the article that her boss wanted her to write about, he wanted her to write about the women in the late 1800’s like her grandmother.  Her grandmother had been born in 1832 and lived her whole life in two homes that she lived in. First, when she was born on June 8, 1832, she lived with her parents, Norma and Joe Taylorson. She was not allowed to go to school since that was taboo in those days and the university didn’t even talk to women who wanted more education. Men thou...

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“My Third Grade Teacher” by Myna Yamaguchi

Submitted to Contest #61

My 3rd grade teacher was the weirdest god damn person that I’ve ever known. I do not have a lot memory about my third grade which means that I had a pretty happy life back then. Because human beings are designed in that way, you never forget when something bad happen while you can’t keep your happiness for a minute. But me remembering about him doesn’t mean that he had bad impression or something, he was just too weird to forget. His impression was that much to me in a third grade. Anyway, before I talk about any story, I think I have to gi...

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“The True Story of Brigitte's Youth” by BRIG CORBAN

Submitted to Contest #61

I was 30 years too late. Or really, 47 at a minimum if it was to be enjoyed properly. And it was to be another 25 years or so before before I would have a chance to come anywhere near it. I had been waiting my whole life for this moment. I wasn't sure that it was really happening. So many flashbacks when I heard the news. So much excitement. I waited and waited for confirmation that it was really happening. I screamed with joyous anitipation when the news hit my impatiently waiting ears. I hurriedly texted everyone; well everyone that would ...

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“The Pirate Girl” by Olivia Inman

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She sits alone in the room, five and so certain she knows everything is to know, oh so certain that she need not learn anything else about the world because she already knows so much about the world she wished she had. Her mother and father worry, you know, worry that perhaps they shouldn’t have shown her that movie. That movie with the woman who swings around a deadly blade that her beloved fiancé crafted for her with his own blood, sweat, and tears.But it’s too late. The damage is done. She wants little to do with modernity. She’ll use the...

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